Cover Crops
As more producers utilize cover crops, the benefits they can have for your land and livestock continue to become more apparent. Over the years we have developed and modified cover crop seed mixes for specific goals that many producers have in common, serving as proven solutions. We encourage custom mixes for those who have a unique situation or are looking to expand their cover crop experience with a unique blend.
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Mellow Maker | Renovo Seed
This deep-rooted mix will keep your ground mellow by loosening the soil to increase water infiltration and decrease soil compaction. This mix is designed with rye as the base and also includes radish, turnip, and rapeseed.
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Optigraze | Renovo Seed
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growth for the first grazing pass of the season. The other species in the blend will begin to take over once the oa...
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The Producer | Renovo Seed
The Producer is our cool-season blend that achieves a variety of goals such as late-season grazing, nutrient scavenging, and building residue to create organic matter.
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Nutrient Builder | Renovo Seed
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Ranch Hand | Renovo Seed
A good Ranch Hand can do it all and that’s just what this mix will do. The Ranch Hand is a predominantly warm-season mix that is very well suited for grazing. This mix will perform well as a multipurpose blend in the tough conditions of western environments.
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Optigraze | Renovo Seed
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growth for the first grazing pass of the season. The other species in the blend will begin to take over once the oa...
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Millborn Seeds - Optigraze
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. If planted in the spring, Optigraze can provide grazing throughout the summer and well into the fall season.
The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growt...
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Millborn Seeds - The Producer
The Producer is our cool-season version of Balanced Plus. This blend achieves a variety of goals such as late-season grazing, nutrient scavenging, and building residue to create organic matter.
This mix meets the NRCS standard cover crop requirements for CSP and EQIP Programs in South Dakota and...
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Millborn Seeds - Winter Wonder
A trio of winter annuals, Winter Wonder will provide spring green-up from a grass, legume and brassica! Designed with rye as the base, this mix is available in two ways, with or without rye. This mix also meets the NRCS standard cover crop requirements.
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Millborn Seeds - Mellow Maker
This deep-rooted mix will keep your ground mellow by loosening the soil to increase water infiltration and decrease soil compaction. Designed with rye as the base, this mix is available in two ways, with or without rye. This mix also meets the NRCS standard cover crop requirements.
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Millborn Seeds - All-American
All-American is a classic, diverse mix designed to promote soil biology, protect your soil from erosion, and create an ideal seedbed for your cash crops. Designed with rye as the base, this mix is available in two ways, with or without rye. This mix also meets the NRCS standard cover crop require...
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Millborn Seeds - Teff Grass
Teff Grass is a warm-season annual grass that is commonly used for hay production or grazing. Teff has gained popularity due to its excellent forage quality and fast growth which allows for multiple cuttings during the growing season. Teff Grass is very fine stemmed and fine-bladed. This makes it...
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Millborn Seeds - Spring Triticale
Spring Triticale is a spring planted version of the hybrid cross between cereal rye and wheat. It is commonly planted as a hay or haylage crop and can produce high levels of dry matter under challenging conditions. It is later maturing than oats or barley and will maintain its forage quality for ...
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Millborn Seeds - Siberian Millet
Siberian Millet is a warm-season annual grass and a foxtail type millet. It is a shorter variety that is commonly planted as a single-cut hay millet. Siberian Millet is the fastest maturing hay millet and will reach maturity about a week earlier than German or White Wonder Millet. It works well g...
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Millborn Seeds - Ranch Hand
A good Ranch Hand can do it all and that’s just what this mix will do. There’s been an increase in demand for season-long covers with more diversity. The Ranch Hand is a predominantly warm-season mix that is very well suited for grazing. This mix will perform well as a multipurpose blend in the t...
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Millborn Seeds - Premium Graze
Premium Graze is a blend of warm season grasses and forage brassicas that has been developed as a summer annual grazing system. It is also commonly used as a cover crop following early harvest of a small grain or spring forage. Premium Graze can be planted early in the summer and used as a rotati...
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Millborn Seeds - Piper Sudangrass
Piper sudangrass is a warm-season annual, commonly grown for forage. With finer stems and leaves than sorghum-sudangrass, Piper Sudangrass can be used for hay or grazing. Piper is known for its rapid growth and lower prussic acid content than sorghum sudangrass. It produces large amounts of organ...
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Millborn Seeds - Optigraze
Optigraze is a blend of cool-season grasses and brassicas that have been developed as a season-long grazing cover crop. If planted in the spring, Optigraze can provide grazing throughout the summer and well into the fall season.
The forage oats in the mix provide the first initial flush of growt...
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Millborn Seeds - Japanese Millet
Japanese Millet is a warm-season annual grass commonly grown for forage. It grows up to 5’ tall and has a slightly coarser stem than other hay millets. It is extremely quick growing and can be ready to cut for hay within 50 days of planting. It also displays good regrowth persistence in a multi-c...
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Millborn Seeds - Nutrient Builder
Nutrient Builder is a very diverse blend developed to improve soil for next year’s cash crop. This cover crop cocktail will help fix nitrogen, build organic matter, and alleviate compaction. Seven different species will also help increase the soil’s microbial activity.
This mix meets the NRCS st...
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Millborn Seeds - Hi-Fly
Bring it back! Hi Fly resurged recent9ly and proved to be a fantastic mix for flying over crops. An even blend of small seeds with a lower seeding rate makes for a handy cocktail when aerial applying. Simple yet concise – it checks the boxes by having a grass, legume, and brassica to move soil he...
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Millborn Seeds - Forage Barley
Forage Barley is a beardless spring barley developed as a forage. It is a cool-season annual small grain commonly planted as hay or a silage crop. Forage barley will be taller and leafier than other barley varieties and will exhibit a beardless seedhead. Forage barley is quick maturing and will b...
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Millborn Seeds - Classic Trio
Classic Trio is our quick establishing basic brassica blend. The deep tap roots will alleviate compaction, and you will create a mellow seedbed to plant back into.
This mix meets the NRCS standard cover crop requirements for CSP and EQIP Programs in South Dakota and Minnesota.
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Millborn Seeds - Balanced Plus
This is a great combination of brassicas, grasses, and legumes to maximize soil health. Balanced Plus works great to help create residue, alleviate compaction, and provide even grazing.
This mix meets the NRCS standard cover crop requirements for CSP and EQIP Programs in South Dakota and Minneso...